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Travel Courses

The Sociology Department, in keeping with the university's mission statement, which places an emphasis on personalize education leading students to inquiring, ethical, and productive lives as global citizens, offers several opportunities for students to participate in travel courses.

A travel course is a short-term course that takes place during the summer or interterm and includes a 1-4 week travel portion. Students who engage in travel courses will have the opportunity to explore new cultures and see how societies interact through in-depth cross cultural observation and experience.

Chapman is a learning environment dedicated to creating a caring community that embraces diverse ideas and experiences. Travel courses allow students to participate in experiences that will foster Chapman University values.

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Tibetan Buddhist Interterm Retreat

ANCIENT WISDOM, MODERN MADNESS: MIND, "SELF", AND SOCIETY

IN TIBETAN BUDDHISM (SOC 326)

January 18-28, 2017

A TEN DAY RETREAT AT SHAMBHALA MOUNTAIN CENTER: A TIBETAN/AMERICAN

DHARMA CENTER IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES

Established in 1992 by Michelle Killoran. 2017 is our 26th consecutive year.

3 Credits:CH II Credit and World Cultures Credit. P/NP Only

For those interested in the Eastern Paths of Liberation this is a wonderful opportunity to explore the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the Sacred Warrior Traditions of Shambhala (a non-religious, secular approach to spirituality). We will be spending 10 days at Shambhala MountainCenter - SMC - located in the spectacular Colorado Rockies. This Is a practice and study lay center not a monastery of monks/nuns (please see www.shambhalamountain.org).

The program revolves around a number of hours each day of meditation, formal dharma talks and dharma art classes. There will also be readings, lectures, discussions and demonstrations of various other contemplative practices. These alter each year--in the past we have had Japanese archery, Japanese tea ceremony, Japanese flower arrangements, Maitri Space Awareness, Native American Sweat Lodge, Warrior walk and Contemplative ecology etc. See samples of previous year’s schedule, attached.